Activists see disparate police tactics amid Kenosha protests
KENOSHA, Wis. — Police officers in Kenosha were on alert after days of protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake by one of their colleagues, and they’d recently gotten a…
Protest in Pennsylvania after cop uses knee to restrain man
Activists in Pennsylvania are pressing their demand for police accountability after bystander video emerged over the weekend of an officer placing his knee on a man’s head and neck area…
Pussy Riot member sentenced to 15 days in Russia
Russian political activist Pytor Verzilov and member of the Pussy Riot protest group has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for swearing in public June 22, 2020, 6:16 PM…
Norway arrests US far-right activist, seeks deportation
Norwegian authorities have arrested a high-profile U.S. white supremacist scheduled to speak at an international far-right conference in Oslo and say they will seek his deportation. Spokesman Martin Bernsen from…
Lawyers fight for everyday women bringing #MeToo complaints
Jaribu Hill didn’t opt for law school until her early 40s. She’d been a singer, actress, teacher and labor organizer before learning a college classmate had become head of a…
Amazon fires: French activists urge more Brazil action
Pretending to be trees in the Amazon, activists marched through Paris urging Brazil’s president to do more to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest. Some 200 demonstrators walked Saturday toward…
Gay rights, antiwar activist Justin Raimondo dies at 67
Justin Raimondo, a longtime gay rights advocate and antiwar activist, has died. He was 67. Raimondo, who lived in the Northern California community of Sebastopol, died Thursday after battling lung…
Turkish police disperse banned LGBT march with tear gas
Activists gathered in Istanbul to promote rights for gay and transgender people Sunday before police dispersed the crowd at a pride event that Turkish authorities had banned for the fifth…
Activists allege racism in treatment of St. Louis prosecutor
Some black activists in St. Louis say there’s an unfair racial component to criticism of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner over her hiring of a man who led the…
Let’s make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition
British Prime Minister Theresa May says her Conservative government and the opposition Labour Party have a duty to strike a compromise Brexit agreement to end months of political deadlock over…